RE: " How often do you"
If I hunt an area and don' t see deer after 3 hunts, I go to another area. I' m usually, that is usually, around 60-70% at the end of the season. I' ve been totaling up my sightings per hunt the last couple seasons and that' s where I' ve been.
You' ve got to take alot of things in mind when you ask that question on a board like this from guys all across the nation. A guy in Northern Maine is glad to see a couple deer PER SEASON, but a guy from Iowa or Illinois or wherever else might not be happy unless he sees deer every or every other hunt. Depends on your area man.
good luck